New research from the School of Psychology and Neuroscience has revealed the brain’s built-in distance tracker, and its link to early Alzheimer's diagnosis. DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2025.08.011 Read more... 👇 ow.ly/HL5S50WZh2l #EverToExcel

St Andrews top in Scotland and second in the UK in the @theguardian.com University Guide 2026 🎉 Maths, History, and International Relations take the top spot in the new rankings with a further 16 subjects ranking in the top 10 🎉 Read more 👇 ow.ly/hzCj50WWe9R #EverToExcel

The Guardian University Guide 2026 – the rankings

Our School of Physics & Astronomy hosted the @univofstandrews first Advanced Materials industry day, bringing together academics and researchers with businesses, funders & government. Check out our video to find out more... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2NM... #EverToExcel

New #research from @distantworlds.space with @nasawebb.extwitter.link @stsci.edu @umich.edu @cornellupress.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social & MIT identifies signs of atmosphere on TRAPPIST 1e, an Earth-sized #exoplanet located 40 light years away Read more👇 ow.ly/SFOT50WTaHI #EverToExcel

A windy Pier Walk to mark the start of Martinmas Semester. 💨 Welcome back to our returning students and hello to all our new ones - enjoy Orientation Week! #EverToExcel

Orientation starts Mon 8 Sep. Joining us in St Andrews for the first time? Download the app👇 builder.guidebook.com/g/#/guides/s... We can't wait to meet new students & welcome back returners. Town's been too quiet without you. 😶 #EverToExcel

St Andrews recognised by British Rowing as a GB Beach Sprint Performance Development Academy and an Olympic Training Venue for LA 2028. Read more: news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a... #EverToExcel

The 17 UK dates are estimated to have generated around £1 billion of spending.

The University of St Andrews has been named Scottish University of the Year in the Daily Mail University Guide. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🙌 Read more ⬇️ ow.ly/KhY150WFXo1 #EverToExcel

Seven St Andrews research projects receive funding from the ‪@royalsoced.bsky.social‬ Research Awards Programme. Read more ⬇️ news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a... #EverToExcel

Amber weather warning issued for Storm Floris tomorrow (Mon 4 Aug), with strong winds forecast from 10am-10pm. Staff and students advised to work/study from home where possible. Stay updated via the @metoffice.gov.uk #StormFloris

Congratulations to St Andrews undergraduate Sophia Issberner on her historic rowing gold at the 2025 FISU World University Games. 🚣🥇🥳 Read More... 👇 ow.ly/s5nf50WxoJY #EverToExcel

📰🆕The heads of Scotland's five medical schools have co-authored a piece highlighting the quiet crisis facing clinical research in Scotland. You can read the full piece below on our website⬇️ www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/clinicalacad...

Our current university system is not systematically meeting the needs of the #neurodivergent community. #EUAExpertVoices article by Monique Mackenzie @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and Elliott Spaeth @advancehe.bsky.social on AI's potential for education that serves all learners buff.ly/bcLfAQk

New Post: New HEPI report reveals the hidden impact of menstrual cycles on students’ education www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/21/n...

Professor Deborah Williamson, Dean of Medicine, appointed as the inaugural Co-Director of the National Scottish Pandemic Sciences Partnership The @publichealthscot.bsky.social partnership will strengthen Scotland’s capacity to respond to future pandemics Read more👇 ow.ly/1CZN50Wsxtv #EverToExcel

We’re proud to announce the appointment of Professor Deborah Williamson @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and Professor Emma Thomson‪ @uofglasgow.bsky.social as inaugural Co-Directors of the National Scottish Pandemic Sciences Partnership. Find out more 🔽 publichealthscotland.scot/news/2025/ju... #NSPSP

Rethinking the Sixties with the international conference 'Tis Sixty Years Since' and Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Forum for Modern Languages Studies this week at Parliament Hall @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professor Caroline Humfress and Professor Richard Whatmore from the School of History on their election to The British Academy Fellowship. Read more ⬇️ ow.ly/SAGJ50WrIO0 #EverToExcel

Professors Andrea Di Falco and Malte Gather have both been awarded prestigious @erc.europa.eu funding for smart solar panels and lens-less microscopes projects. ☀️🔬🥳 Read more...👇 news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-a... #EverToExcel

Green Shores is Scotland's longest coastal restoration project with @naturescot.bsky.social - Dr Clare Maynard from the School of Biology discusses vital saltmarsh restoration efforts in their latest blog Find out more 👇 ow.ly/AGvB50WnKBO #EverToExcel

📖 Read our latest Education blog from Dr Mun See Chang at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social ⬇️ sicsa.ac.uk/blog/inclusi...

NHS Fife has been formally granted University Health Board status The prestigious award by the @parliament.scot recognises the commitment to education, research and innovation of NHS Fife, the University and the School of Medicine. Read more 👇 ow.ly/IxIK50WlJQf #EverToExcel

We are delighted to welcome the Sutton Trust Summer School, we are going to have an awesome week! From London to Lochgelly, Barra to Bearsden. Welcome all! @suttontrust.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Congratulations to journalist and author Frank Gardner OBE who graduates today as an honorary Doctor of Laws. 🎤🌎🥳 #EverToExcel #ForeverSaints

Congratulations to actor and producer Alan Cumming who graduated with an honorary Doctor of Laws. 🎭❤️🥳 #EverToExcel #ForeverSaints

Congratulations to Professor Sir Rory Collins, Director of @oxpop.bsky.social who graduated today as an honorary Doctor of Medicine. 🩺🌡️🥳 #EverToExcel #ForeverSaints

Congratulations to Meg Blackburn of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social! 👏 Meg is studying the Milky Way in a bid to investigate how stellar life cycles shape our galaxy and beyond, and sheds light on the profound physical processes that govern the cosmos. Read Meg's interview: www.iop.org/about/suppor...

Enjoying the summer break but I'm looking forward to next semester @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Beautiful campus and town, brilliant students, and fantastic colleagues. @standrewsenglish.bsky.social

New tool to identify ‘toxic’ green books Developed by @physastrostand.bsky.social and the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museum, the new device is transforming how cultural heritage institutions identify toxic pigments in historic books. Read more 👇 ow.ly/WAil50Wflrf #EverToExcel

Currently on BBC Sounds: Melvyn Bragg & guests – Michael Boardman & Rhiannon Purdie of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, & Steve Boardman of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social – discuss John Barbour's c.1375 epic, the earliest surviving poem in Older Scots 3/3 #medievalsky www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Congratulations to Dr John Danial from @physastrostand.bsky.social who has been awarded a £1.6 million Career Development Award from the Medical Research Council @ukri.org for his #dementia research. Read more 👇 ow.ly/AirC50WcSGt #EverToExcel

The School of Modern Languages at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social‬ welcomes applications from outstanding Early Career Researchers to the British Academy 2026/27 Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme. We're looking to attract more postdocs to St Andrews. Find more here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/modern-langu...

Classical Association Conference, 11-13 July 2025, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Daily agenda and abstracts are now available: www.eventsforce.net/standrews/23... Enquiries to: [email protected] ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk #CA2025 #ClassicalAssociation #Conference

"Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete" An article by @ucflangs.bsky.social, @ilcs.bsky.social & @uniofstandrews.bsky.social on the value of the study of languages, cultures & societies today, responding to a recent opinion piece. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...

A press article about our carbon accounting work. www.thetransmitter.org/community/ca... and a link to the preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

How did @uniofstandrews.bsky.social benefit from, participate in, or support, British colonialism? Our report 'The University of St Andrews and the legacies of empire, 1700-1900' is now available legacies-of-empire.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk #history #skystorians

Classical Association Conference 2025 🗓11-13 July 📍St Andrews Registration is open! 👉https://ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/registration-information #CA2025 is hosted by the School of Classics @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, in partnership with the Classical Association and @cascotland.bsky.social.

The School is delighted to announce that Dr Lenia Kouneni has been appointed to the QAA Higher Education Advisory Group for the History of Art, Architecture & Design Benchmark Statement (2025-26). For more info: www.qaa.ac.uk/news-events/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @qaa.ac.uk @lenia.bsky.social

OUT NOW! Our Latest NIER Issue: Climate Sustainability 🌱📃 Volume 266 is introduced by our @econarnab.bsky.social & Adrian Pabst and @uniofstandrews.bsky.social's J. Roderick McCrorie ✍ Read their article "#Climate Sustainability - Evidence and Policy" here ⬇🔓 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

PhD Scholarship available in Digital Art History! Follow link below for more info, or check link in our bio! www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Morning from St Andrews #teaching #winter #Fife #Scotland @arthistorysta.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

2 x fully-funded PhDs available @uniofstandrews.bsky.social combining climate models and machine learning. Come join us! Application deadline 24 Jan

Hi everyone! This year I’m starting a new job @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and a new role as a Trustee of the International James Joyce Foundation. I’ll be dividing my time between St Andrews, Dundee, and Limerick. Hope to see some of you around!

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